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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,537. dated March 1I1887.

Application filed July 10, 1886. Serial No. 207,690. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that l, SILAs S. BRoons, a citizen of the United States,residing at Windsor, in the county of Henry and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to planters; and it cousists in the novel featuresmore fully hereinafter set forth, claimed, and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a plan View of a planter of myconstruction embodying my improvements. Fig. 21's a section on the lineX X ofFig.1, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a front view with partsbroken away. Fig. 4 is a section on the line Y Y of Fig. 2 on anenlarged scale, parts being broken away. Fig. 5 is an end and reverseplan view of the front portion of the vibrating lever for actuating thegraindisk-operating mechanism. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of thetappets for vibrating the operating-lever. Fig. 7 is a rear end View ofthe vibrating lever. Fig. 8 is a section on the line Z Z of Fig. 2,parts being broken away. Fig. 9 is an enlarged side view of theclutchshiftin g lever.

The frame A is supported on runners B and wheels C. The latter aremounted loosely on the ends of the axle D, and are ratcheted on theinner face of their hubs to engage clutchsleeves E, keyed ou the axle torevolve there- With, but free to have a longitudinal movement to andfrom the wheels. Levers F, having bifurcated ends f, are connected attheir opposite ends to the frame in such manner that the ends of thebifurcations fit into grooves e in the clutch-sleeves, and pitmen Econnect the clutch-operating levers with a hand-lever, F', pivoted to aseat-supporting bar, G. The hand-lever is pivoted vertically to vibratelaterally and in the direction of the shaft of the machine to and fromaratchet-segment, g, and has the pitmen connected therewith on oppositesides of and equidistant from the pivotal point. The hopper H has twodischarge-openings through its bottom, which communicate with thetubular braces b by means of spouts h.

Short shafts I, journaled vertically in the frame-and hopper, extendthrough the bottom of the latter, and are provided with disks J, havinga series of openings,j, arranged around in a circle to register with thedischarge-openings in the bottom of the hopper. The disks are keyed tothe shafts and approach close to the bottom of the hopper, so as toprevent any seed getting between them and the bottom. Pinions yJ, keyedto the lower ends of the shafts, are alternately acted on by two teeth,k, extending from opposite ends of a crosshead, K, secured midway itsends to the end of the lever L. The pinions intermesh, and each beingalternately actuatedthe motion of one is imparted to the other, so thatboth receive a continuous rotary motion.

The teeth k are beveled on the inner sides in an outward direction. Bythis construction the outer ends or sides of the teeth engage with theteeth of the pinion during the movement of the head,while the innersides ride the teeth. Thus while one is engaging with and moving onepinion the other is riding the teeth of the otherpinion, and vice versa.The crosshead is made sufficiently elastic to yield when its 'tooth isriding the teeth of the pinion, and during the reverse movement bringsaid tooth in engagement with the teeth of the pinion. A slighttorsional strain on the operating-lever L can be made to accomplish thesame result.

The cross-head is located to one side of the plane of the pinions,preferably the upper side, and arranged nearly tangential to theperipheries, and is of a width greater than the length of the teethofthe pinions. The teeth 7c are formed on that part opposite the teethof the pinions, while the other part is iiat and rests upon the solidportion of the pinions, thereby preventing the ends of the head gettingbelow the plane of the pinions and doing damage to the machine.

Lever L, pivoted midway its ends upon the frame, is provided with adouble incline, Z, at its rear end, located within the path of a pair oftappets, M, secured to the axle by setscrews at a distance apart, sothat they contact with the double incline and vibrate from right toleft, thereby carrying the head K from IOO side to side and effecting acontinuous movement of the grain-disks I, thus bringing the openingstherein successively in register with the discharge-openings in thebottom of the hopper, from which the grain escapes to each side of themachine by means of the tubes h, and having spouts or runner-braces b.

To denote the place at which the grain is planted, indicators N areprovided and keyed to the outer end of a shaft, N', mounted directlyabove the spouts b. Shaft N is rotated from the axle by means ofsprocket-wheels d d', keyed to each, respectively, and joined by asprocket-chain, (Z2. The parts are so disposed and proportioned that atthe moment the grain is dropped into the soil the indicator contactswith the ground and makes an indentation, thus showing where the grainis planted. By this means it may be known when the planter is droppinggrain out of check or line. To overcome this difficulty, and in orderthat the planter may be engaged to drop the grain in rows or check, theaxle and wheels are thrown out of gear by the lever F, and the axle setforward or backward, as may be required, to effect the desired result.For this purpose a ratchet, O, is keyed upon the axle, and a lever, P,having apawl, p, engaging the ratchet, is sleeved upon the axle. Byoperating this lever l? the axle is turned independently of the wheelstill the desired adjustment is effected, when the wheels and axle areclutched so as to revolve together.

The indicators are flat bars having lugs projecting laterally therefrom,through which the Shanks it or markers n project. Coil-springs n2surround said shanks, and are located between the lugs and have pointsof resistance on the innermost lugs and stops, a, projecting laterallyfrom the shanks. rlhese stops extend through slots in the bar and limitthe movement of the markers and prevent their turning within the lugs.By this arrangement if the markers should impact against a hardsubstance they will yield, thus preventing damage to the machine.

Having thus described my inventon,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. In a planter, the combination of the frame, a hopper centrallysupported thereon, discharge-spouts extending from the hopper to eachside of the machine, grain-wheels located within the hopper forregulating the delivery of grain to the spouts, intermeshing pinionsconnected with the shafts of the grain-wheels, a vibrating lever havinga cross-head arranged to extend laterally on each side of the lever,teeth fixedly secured to and extended at right angles from the ends ofthe cross-bar for alternately engaging with the teeth of the pinions,and an indicator to mark the point of discharge of the grain,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the hopper, of shafts vertically journaled andhaving their upper ends projected through the bottom of the hopper andprovided with grain-feeding wheels, intermeshing pinions keyed to saidshafts, a vibrating lever, a cross-head secured to the end of the leverand projecting laterally therefrom on each side, teeth extending atright angles from opposite ends of said crosshead and adapted to have analternate rising and falling movement to alternately engagethe pinions,substantially as set forth, and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with the frame, ofthe hopper centrally located andhaving two discharge-openings in its bottom, spouts leading from saidopenings to each side of the machine, short shafts vertically journaledthrough the bottom of the hopper, grain wheels keyed thereto and havinga series of openings to register with the openings in the bottom of thehopper, intermeshing pinions keyed to said shafts, the vibrating lever,the cross-head connected therewith and provided with teeth at each end,beveled outwardly on the inner side, adapted to have a rising andfalling movement for alternately engaging with the teeth of the pinions,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the hopper-having discharge-openings in itsbottom, short shafts vertically journaled and projecting through 'thebottom of the hopper, disks fastened to the ends of the shafts andhaving a series of openings to register with the discharge-openings inthe bottom of the hopper, vibrating lever, a cross-head carriedtherebyand located to one side of the plane of the pinions nearlytangential to their peripheries, and teeth projecting from the ends ofthe head opposite the teeth of the pinions, leaving the other portionextending over and adapted to rest upon the solid portion of thepinions, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

5. In a planter, the combination, with the hopper havingdischarge-openings, a grainwheel, a lever for operating the grain-wheel,pivoted to swing horizontally and having a double incline on one end,the axle, a pair o'f tappets adjustably held by setscrews upon saidshaft and arranged to alternately engage with the double-inclined end ofthe lever, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In a planter, the herein-described indicator, consisting of a barhaving lugs extending laterally therefrom in the same direct-ion andarranged the one above the other, the marker having a shank workingthrough the lugs, and a coil-springlocated between the lugs and confinedbetween one of them and a stop on the shank of the marker, substantiallyas set forth.

7. The herein-described marker, consisting of the following elements incombination: a shaft, a bar secured thereto midway its ends, which endsare slotted, a pair of lugs located near each end and having the slotsarranged between the lugs of each pair, the markers working through thelugs, pins extending from the markers and working through said slots,

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and the coil-springs mounted on the shanks of the markers and heldbetween one lug of each pair and the pins, substantially as shown anddescribed.

5 8. The herein-described indicator, consisting of a bar having lugsprojected laterally therefrom and longitudinally slotted, a markerhaving` its shank Working through the lugs, a coil-spring surroundingthe shank and located 1o between the lugs, and a stop projecting fromthe shank and extending through the slot in the bar, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.i

SILAS S. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE A. HUEY, B. W. HUEY.

